Marijuana Business Magazine - March 2018

Massachusetts The state health department conducted 327 inspec- tions of medical marijuana dispensaries since the first one opened in 2015 and found numerous violations. The Springfield Republican newspaper obtained all the health department’s reports regarding the inspections, and several of the roughly 30 reports of violations contained multiple offenses. Violations ranged from minor, where plants were thrown in a dumpster instead of being ground up, to major, where inspectors walked into facili- ties without being checked in or identified. Michigan With a statewide ballot measure likely to go before vot- ers in November, the campaign working on the initiative got some good news. According to a poll of Michigan voters, 57% of them already support adult-use legaliza- tion, according to a survey commissioned by TV station Local 4 and the Detroit News. Only 37% of Michigan vot- ers were against the idea, the poll found, with about 6% undecided. 24 • Marijuana Business Magazine • March 2018